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Infection and Cancer: Bi-Directorial Interactions

This unique book summarizes current knowledge on co-development of infectious diseases and cancer. It provides an overview of the complex and unique role of the immune system, inflammation, tumor-mediated immunosuppression and infection-induced immunomodulation in cancer and infection progression.  ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Shurin, Michael R. (Editor ), Thanavala, Yasmin (Editor ), Ismail, Nahed (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Infection and Cancer: Multi-directorial relationship
  • Part I Infection-associated cancers
  • Human tumor viruses: A historical perspective
  • Epidemiology of virus infection and human cancer
  • Bacterial infections and cancer development
  • Human protozoal infections and their potential for causing neoplasms
  • An update on helminths in human carcinogenesis
  • Infection-associated hematological malignancies
  • Multiple infections and cancer: Etiology, mechanisms and implications in cancer control
  • Inflammatory mechanisms of infection-associated cancer
  • Part II Infection-associated cancers: Specific examples
  • Helicobacter pylori: The cancer bug
  • Oral infection, carcinogenesis and cancer
  • Streptococcus Bovis and colorectal cancer
  • Human papillomavirus-related cancers
  • Part III Cancer-associated infections
  • Infectious diseases in cancer patients: An overview
  • Part IV Infection and cancer: Comorbid development
  • Comorbid development of infection and cancer
  • Part V Infection agent-based vectors for cancer therapy
  • Bacterial cancer therapy: how patients might benefit from Salmonella infections
  • Development of Salmonella-based cancer vaccines
  • Harnessing the host immune response to infection - BCG immunotherapy for bladder cancer
  • Index.